Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC)Information and Schedule

The Connecticut DEEP State Solid Waste Advisory Committee will meet on the fourth Tuesday of the months listed below from 9:30 am to 11:30 am. For more information contact Sherill Baldwin at sherill.baldwin@ct.gov.

  
2024 Meeting Schedule

 October 22, 2024. Register Here.

 

 

 

For agendas, presentations, and other materials from previous meetings, see:

2024 Meetings

2023 Meetings

2022 Meetings

2021 Meetings

2020 Meetings

2019 Meetings

2018 Meetings

2017 Meetings

2016 Meetings

2015 Meetings

2014 Meetings

2013 Meetings

2012 Meetings

2011 Meetings

2010 Meetings

2009 Meetings

2008 Meetings

2007 Meetings

For meeting information and related materials on previous and current subcommittee work see: Construction and Demolition, Database Management SystemIncreasing Source Reduction and Recycling RatesOrganics Recycling and CompostingSolid Waste Statutes and Regulation Reform, Materials Reuse Network, Gypsum Wallboard Recycling, Recycling Market Development Council. All documents in the table below are in PDF format unless noted otherwise.

Note:  The documents listed in the following table are provided solely for informational purposes, and may not represent current statutes or regulations, or the interpretations of such requirements by DEEP.  If you have a question about the current applicability or status of any of these documents, call the DEEP's Solid Waste Office at 860-424-3366, or send us an email identifying the document in question and what you would like to know about it.

2024 Meetings

Virtual Meeting of June 25, 2024

Agenda

Presentations:

Virtual Meeting of March 26, 2024

Agenda

Presentations:

Virtual Meeting of January 25, 2024

Agenda  

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2023 Meetings

Virtual Meeting of October 24, 2023

Agenda  

Presentations:

Virtual Meeting of June 27, 2023

Agenda  

Presentations:

Virtual Meeting of April 25, 2023

Agenda  

Presentations:

Virtual Meeting of January 26, 2023

Agenda  

Presentations:

2022 Meetings

Virtua Meeting of November 1, 2022

Agenda    

Presentations:

Virtual Meeting of March 22, 2022

Agenda  

Presentations:  

Virtual Meeting of January 25, 2022

Agenda

Presentations:

2021 Meetings

Virtual Meeting of October 26, 2021

Agenda

Presentations:

Virtual Meeting of June 29, 2021

Agenda

Presentations:

Virtual Meeting of April 20, 2021

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Presentations:

Virtual Meeting of January 26, 2021

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2020 Meetings
Agendas, Presentations, and Other Materials
6/23/2020
Agenda Presentations:
01/28/2020
Agenda
Presentations:
2019 Meetings
Agendas, Presentations, and Other Materials
10/22/2019
Presentations:
06/25/2019
Presentations:
03/26/2019
Presentations:
01/22/2019
Presentations:
2018 Meetings
Agendas, Presentations, and Other Materials
10/23/2018
Presentations:
09/25/2018
Presentations:
06/26/2018
Presentations:
04/24/2018
Presentations:
02/27/2018
Presentations:
01/23/2018
Presentations:
2017 Meetings
Agendas, Presentations, and Other Materials
10/24/2017
Presentations:
09/26/2017
Presentations:
06/27/2017
Presentations:
04/25/2017
Presentations:
02/28/2017
Presentations:
2016 Meetings
Agendas, Presentations, and Other Materials
10/25/2016
Presentations:
09/27/2016
Presentations:
06/28/2016
Presentations:
05/24/2016
Presentations:
 
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Packaging:
04/26/2016
Presentations: 
 Food Donation and Food Scrap Recycling:
02/23/2016
Presentations:
  • Panel Discussion: Plastic Film Recycling
     Moderator/Introductions: Sherill Baldwin, CT DEEP
  • Ryan Bingham, Winters Brothers Waste Systems of CT
  • Shari Jackson, Director, American Chemistry Council,  WRAP
  • Nina Bellucci Butler, Moore Recycling Associates
  • Kevin Barrett, CT DEEP, Recycling Enforcement Update
01/26/2016
Presentations:
2015 Meetings
Agendas, Presentations, and Other Materials
10/27/2015
Presentations:
9/22/2015
Presentations:
  • Nisha Patel, CT DEEP, Avian Flu Preparation
  • Mary Sherwin, CT DEEP, Waste Busters Video
  • Patricia Cam, CT DEEP, Update:  General Permit to Construct and Operate a Commercial Facility for the Management of Recyclables and Certain Solid Wastes ("Commercial GP")
  • Laurene Buckowski, CT DEEP, Recycling Law Enforcement Update
  • Lee Sawyer and Sherill Baldwin, CT DEEP, Update on PA 14-94 Implementation
  • Jennifer Weymouth, CT DEEP, Municipal Grant Program Update
6/23/2015 Agenda
Presentations:
4/28/2015 Agenda
Presentations:
2/25/2015
Presentations:
1/27/2015
Agenda - Cancelled due to weather.
Presentations:
2014 Meetings
Agendas, Presentations, and Other Materials
10/28/2014
Presentations:
9/23/2014
Presentations:
6/24/2014
Presentations:
    PANEL: Recovering More Construction & Demolition (C&D) Materials
4/29/2014
Presentations:
2/25/2014
Presentations:
1/28/2014
Presentations:
2013 Meetings
Agendas, Presentations, and Other Materials
10/22/2013
Presentations:
6/25/2013
Presentations:
4/23/2013
Presentations:
3/26/2013
Presentations:
2/26/2013
Presentations:
1/22/2013
Presentations:
2012 Meetings
Agendas, Presentations, and Other Materials
9/25/2012
Presentations:
6/26/2012 Agenda
4/24/2012
Presentations:
2/28/2012
Presentations:
2011 Meetings
Agendas, Presentations, and Other Materials
9/27/2011
Presentations:
6/28/2011 Agenda
Presentations:
4/26/2011
Presentations:
2/22/2011 Agenda
Presentations:
Agendas, Presentations, and Other Materials
10/26/2010
Panel Discussion:
  • Diane Duva, DEEP, Assistant Director, BMMCA and Sherill Baldwin, DEEP, Source Reduction and Recycling. Presentation
  • Andrea Scott, Director, Office of Business and Industry Development, DECD. Presentation
  • Elizabeth Wallace, Director, Smart Start, CT-CLIC and Connie Maffeo, Director, CT Business Response Center, CERC. Presentation
  • Cynthia Petruzzello, Vice President, Brownfields Redevelopment, CDA/CBRA. Presentation
  • Judy Belaval, DEEP, Source Reduction and Recycling, Preliminary FY 2009 MSW Statistics
9/28/2010
Presentations:
6/22/2010
Presentations:
5/25/2010
Presentations:
4/27/2010
Presentations:
3/23/2010
Presentations: Tom Metzner, DEEP, Mainstreaming Product Stewardship
Special Event 3/3/2010
Presentation: It's More Than You Think, Terry McDonald, St. Vincent De Paul Society
2/23/2010
Solid Waste Management Options for the Capitol Region, Capitol Region Council of Governments
1/26/2010
Presentations:
Darlene Sage and Gene MacGillis, DEEP SW Enforcement Staff:
Recent Court Decisions on Illegal Transfer Stations
Scott Simoneau; Eric Gray, (LPRI): Municipal Solid Waste Management Services in CT - Staff Findings & Recommendations
2009 Meetings Agendas, Presentations, and Other Materials
11/10/2009
Presentation:
9/22/2009
Agenda
Presentations:
Tom Metzner, DEEP: CT Product Stewardship Council
Tom Metzner, DEEP: E-Waste Regulations Update
K.C. Alexander, DEEP: Update on Recycling Web Pages
Tess Gutowski, DEEP:  Are We Getting There?
Workshop Handouts:
Table 5-1 (Assigned status)
6/23/2009
Presentations:
5/26/2009
Presentation:
4/28/2009
Presentations: 
Bob Kaliszewski, DEEP: Recent Changes To CT's Bottle Bill
3/24/2009
Presentation:
2/24/2009
1/27/2009
Presentations: 
Kristen Brown, Green Waste Solutions: "SMART": Re-Defining The Way CT Residents Value Trash
Diane Duva, DEEP: Preliminary Survey Response: Municipal Solid Waste and Recycling Full Cost Accounting (based on 2008 data, updated 8-24-09)
2008 Meetings
Agendas, Presentations, and Other Materials
11/17/2008
Presentations:
Scott Cassel, Product Stewardship Institute (PSI), Sustainable Solutions To Protect Our Environment
Frank Gagliardo, DEEP Waste Engineering and Enforcement Division, State's Solid Waste and Enforcement Program
9/23/2008
Presentations:
George Wallace, DPW Assistant Director, Bristol and President of TROC: Bristol's Single Stream Pilot
6/24/2008 
Presentation:
5/27/2008
Presentation:
Steve Diaz, Vice President, Northeast Regional Business Manager, Covanta: Covanta and Energy From Waste
4/22/2008
Presentations:
Michael Paine, Paine's Incorporated: Cities, Towns and Waste Haulers - All In The Mix
Athena Lee Bradley, Northeast Recycling Council (NERC):  Climate Change - Recycling Matters More Than You Think
Subcommittee Minutes:Increasing Source Reduction and Recycling Rates, Organics Recycling and Composting
3/25/2008
2/26/2008
Presentations:
1/22/2008
2007 Meetings
Agendas, Presentations, and Other Materials
11/27/2007
Presentation:
10/23/2007
Presentation:
9/25/2007 Agenda , Minutes
Presentations
8/28/2007
Presentations:
7/24/2007 Meeting cancelled
6/26/2007
5/22/2007
4/24/2007
Agenda, Minutes
Presentations:
Cheryl Reedy, HRRA: Reduce Reuse, Recycle, Re-Think   
3/27/2007 Agenda Minutes , Advisory Committee Procedures, SWMP Presentation
 
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